A new Irish child suit has come out top in a child car seat crash test carried out in conjunction with Trinity College Dublin.
Road deaths are the leading cause of child mortality in Ireland with road traffic collisions accounting for 36.7% of all child deaths.
2 out of 5 children killed are passengers. Garda reports into collisions indicate that 1 in 10 children were not wearing a seatbelt or using a child restraint.
The Cosynest baby wrap, invented by Irish mother Christine Carolan, ensures a better connection between the child and the safety restraints of car seats compared with a conventional snow suit.
In high-speed crash tests carried out on the two products at the UK’s Transport Research Laboratory in February, the Cosynest came out as the safest product.
Christine Carolan is the creator of the Cosynest. She is the mum to Eve and Sophie and she developed the Cosynest with their safety in mind.
Dr Ciaran Simms ran is the President of the international Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury.
He ran the safety testing of the cosynest and explains what makes the cosynest safer.
Cosynest has launched a Kickstarter to put their invention into product after already selling 1200 throughout Ireland.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/happynest/cosynest-the-safest-baby-clothing-for-car-seats
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